f27342 cc13577	Yorkshire v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Kent 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Gaskell, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 10/0 (Denness 7*, Luckhurst 2*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 151/9 (Brown 12*, Graham 0*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Taylor	c Asif Iqbal b Brown	9
PJ Sharpe	c sub b Graham	54
DEV Padgett	b Graham	1
JH Hampshire	c Leary b Shepherd	82
*DB Close	c Leary b Shepherd	0
JC Balderstone	b Shepherd	2
+JG Binks	not out	52
RA Hutton	c Denness b Graham	0
D Wilson	b Graham	2
CM Old	b Dixon	14
AG Nicholson	c Ealham b Brown	43
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-29, 3-144, 4-149, 5-159, 6-160, 7-165, 8-171, 9-199, 10-276 (96 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	43	16	95	4	-	-
Brown	25	4	76	2	-	-
Shepherd	14	4	31	3	-	-
Dixon	14	1	57	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Padgett b Hutton	36
BW Luckhurst	c Sharpe b Close	2
Asif Iqbal	c Binks b Hutton	6
SE Leary	c Wilson b Hutton	8
AGE Ealham	c Sharpe b Hutton	0
+D Nicholls	lbw b Close	31
*AL Dixon	c Nicholson b Old	36
GW Johnson	lbw b Nicholson	15
A Brown	not out	12
JN Shepherd	b Nicholson	0
JN Graham	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 73.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-30, 3-38, 4-38, 5-63, 6-110, 7-126, 8-147, 9-151

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	20.1	9	39	2	-	-
Hutton	19	5	54	4	-	-
Wilson	13	8	12	0	-	-
Close	13	6	34	2	-	-
Old	8	4	7	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Taylor	b Graham	4
PJ Sharpe	c sub b Brown	23
DEV Padgett	lbw b Dixon	39
JH Hampshire	not out	49
D Wilson	not out	0
*DB Close	did not bat
JC Balderstone	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
RA Hutton	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
AG Nicholson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 27 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-33, 3-112

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	14	2	45	1	-	-
Brown	9	0	50	1	-	-
Dixon	4	0	20	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Padgett b Balderstone	37
BW Luckhurst	c Binks b Hutton	6
Asif Iqbal	c Padgett b Nicholson	15
SE Leary	not out	19
AGE Ealham	c Padgett b Wilson	2
+D Nicholls	not out	2
*AL Dixon	did not bat
GW Johnson	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 68 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-43, 3-69, 4-71

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	14	7	19	1	-	-
Hutton	7	3	8	1	-	-
Wilson	24	13	37	1	-	-
Close	13	11	8	0	-	-
Old	2	2	0	0	-	-
Balderstone	7	6	1	1	-	-
Hampshire	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Hampshire (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> AG Nicholson (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> AG Nicholson (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> AL Dixon (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> JH Hampshire (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> JN Graham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JN Graham reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> DB Close reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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